by Marvel MaxMarvel's recent successes on the movie screen along with the burgeoning market for graphic novels has them looking to the past for their future. They also, obviously, believe that since the audience that grew up on these comics are older, that such audience also wants their return to be "mature" as well, and to that end Marvel has a new line of comics called "MAX" to distinguish comics with "mature" themes.

Master of Kung Fu (subtitled "The Hellfire Apocalypse") is well done. Moench and Gulacy are a wonderful team and the intervening years have not diminished their ability to portray in flat panels the fluidity and excitement of a martial arts epic.

Told with an adult sensibility this stylish noir martial arts epic is a great entry to the Marvel Max line of adult stories. Check out Howard the Duck listed elsewhere.